Drug Court Case Analysis

Since there have been very few reported cases challenging drug courts jurisdiction or procedure, there is no valid argument against its procedures in terms of constitutional rights. However, questions expressed by both advocates and critics of judicial innovation and the different roles judges partake are seen to show the constitutional rights of drug participants are being overlooked (Lane, 2003). The broad question remains is whether proactive judges taking on the role of problem-solving can still provide protections to a defendant’s due process rights. By looking at the few cases that has challenged the constitutionality of drug courts and the practices of how one is admitted into drug courts, it has shown that the success of the revolution